Verity Symcox

I am a part-time Organizational Psychology doctoral researcher at Birkbeck College, University of London researching workplace mental health. My research is ongoing & exploring employee experiences of mental health within the workplace, specifically investigating what it is like for employees to work during times of poor mental health, and what it is like for managers to manager employees whose mental health is poor.

Additionally I have completed advanced postgraduate training in Qualitative Psychological Research Methods, Work & Wellbeing, Leadership & Performance.

I hold a MSc with distinction from Henley Business School in Coaching & Behavioural Change and during this time completed over 100 hours of coaching, achieving certificates in;
Professional Certificate in Executive Coaching and Behavioural Change
Coaching Psychology & Neuroscience
Advanced Coaching Practice
Systemic Coaching and Systems Thinking
Group Dynamics, Group & Team Coaching
Reflective Coaching Practices

My MSc research investigated how coaches make sense of mental health in their coaching practice, and is now used to train coaches internationally to work ethically with mental health & client wellbeing within coaching boundaries.

Certificates in Counselling Skills & Counselling Studies.
I developed an understanding of counselling & therapeutic psychology and gained experience of working in therapy.

What is Whole Brain® Thinking?

Everybody thinks differently, but few organizations are able to leverage cognitive diversity as a strategic advantage.

The ways individuals think guide how they work. The ways groups of individuals think guide how the teams they form work. The ways that groups of teams think and work will make or break the success of the organization.

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The Herrmann Brain Dominance Instrument® (HBDI®) is considered the world's leading Thinking Styles assessment tool. Taking the HBDI identifies your preferred approach to emotional, analytical, structural and strategic thinking. It also provides individuals with a significantly increased level of personal understanding.